The NFL Draft is one way to gauge how well a staff is preparing and developing their athletes for a profession career in football. According to NFL scouts and coaches, the Oregon State staff and their athletes are doing something right. Mike Riley's men enjoyed an unprecedented Draft Day.[details]

2007 (Junior): Slade has been moved to a down lineman after playing linebacker in years previous...likely to be in the linemen rotation that proved to be successful last year.

2006 (Sophomore): Nine tackles for the season as a special teams and linebacker contributor...named the defensive scout team MVP following the season.

2005 (Freshman): Injuries forced him to miss most of the season.

2004 (Redshirt): Redshirt

Personal: Born in Portland, Oregon...son of Randy and Sue Norris...Randy is a chiropractor and Sue is a homemaker...has one brother, Zane...recipient of the Multnomah Athletic Club Scholar-Athlete Award in 2002...chose OSU because of “the combination of great academic and football programs, and the opportunity to play in the Pac-10 Conference has been a dream of mine”...majoring in speech communication.